Faith without Frontiers tells human stories from around the world where Christian faith meets culture, society, and politics. Through intimate interviews and lived experiences, the podcast explores how faith informs decisions, shapes communities, and influences public life—sometimes quietly, sometimes controversially, always in deeply human ways.
This is a podcast for listeners who value nuance, curiosity, and conversations that resist easy labels.
David Bhatti, a 29-year-old Canadian lawyer born in Pakistan, describes his family’s Christian roots in Punjab, their immigration to Canada for religious freedom, and ongoing concern over persecution of minorities in Pakistan, especially under blasphemy laws. He recounts the influence of his uncle Shahbaz Bhatti, who began minority-rights advocacy as a teenager, founded major interfaith alliances, became Pakistan’s first federal cabinet minister from a minority faith as Minister for Minorities Affairs in 2008, achieved reforms like a 5% government job quota and Minorities Day, and was assassinated in March 2011 after pushing to reform blasphemy laws. Bhatti explains how these experiences shaped his early political volunteering in Canada, his alignment with the Conservative Party, his recent unsuccessful federal nomination run in Edmonton, and his goal to advance Canada’s international human-rights and religious-freedom leadership while urging citizens to engage and hold representatives accountable.
01:14 Meet David Bhatti
01:38 Roots in Pakistan
02:35 Faith and Freedom
03:35 Persecution and Class
03:51 Grandfather’s Legacy
06:34 Shahbaz Bhatti Introduced
06:53 Teen Activism Begins
09:37 Minorities Alliance Movement
10:55 Blasphemy Laws Explained
11:48 Federal Minister Breakthrough
14:32 Reforming Blasphemy Laws
15:54 Mob Violence Reality
17:49 Assassination Impact
20:43 Final Visit and Asylum Offers
22:14 David's Political Path
23:47 Choosing Conservatives
24:51 Faith and Conservatism
26:05 Friends Across Parties
27:12 Running for Nomination
28:04 Politics Is Brutal
29:17 Foreign Policy Vision
32:04 Why Enter Politics
36:56 Citizen Accountability
39:50 Formed by Early Trauma
42:10 Calling and Closing
4 Aug 2026
Church or Hotel Planting for Christ? | Rebekka & Josef Schneider
Josef and Rebecca Schneider, Austrians in Horn, describe moving seven years ago from stable jobs (Josef a high school religion/sport teacher; Rebecca a music therapist and then full-time mom) to renovate and run a former Catholic seminary as a 70-room, 180-bed hotel with event spaces and seminar rooms, while intending to plant a church. The hotel initially consumed 100% of their effort, but guidance from owner Daniel Liebeherr—who found business opened doors in Austria where church planting was resisted—shifted their vision from creating a “Christian bubble” to serving society with Christian values through excellent hospitality and leadership. They emphasize welcoming all guests, including esoteric groups, staying clear about their faith, and seeing fruit such as staff loyalty, community trust, baptisms, and provision during COVID-19. The hotel became profitable after seven years, they aim to multiply businesses, and they are considering taking over a struggling local restaurant while praying for direction.
01:00 Meet the Schneiders
01:27 From Seminary to Hotel
02:22 Teacher to Manager
04:03 Renovation Adventure
05:09 Hotel Today
05:52 Calling and Vision Shift
09:50 No Christian Bubble
13:25 Fruit and First Baptism
15:03 Handling Criticism
19:29 Leading Staff Like Pastor
20:39 Pastor In Business
21:04 Paying Staff In Faith
22:04 Lockdown Provision Stories
23:18 Servant Leadership Culture
23:56 Profit And Multiplication
24:46 Church Skills As MBA
27:09 Motivating Routine Work
30:03 New Restaurant Opportunity
32:26 Prayer Led Decisions
33:55 Family Life In The Hotel
36:10 Business Stress And No Plan B
38:07 Music Therapy And Wrap Up
28 Jul 2026
Economic Crimes Demand Economic Solutions: Business Against Trafficking | Dr. Lauren Pinkston
Dr. Lauren Pinkston, chair of the Freedom Business Alliance (FBA), explains how “economic crimes demand economic solutions” by equipping businesses to provide faith-adjacent, healing-centered employment practices that support survivors of exploitation and address root economic drivers. FBA, incorporated 10 years ago, connects about 120 businesses globally and is transitioning from primarily survivor-employing enterprises to engaging corporate workplaces, emphasizing trauma-informed management, psychological safety, and a “SPICE” model addressing spiritual, physical, intellectual, communal, and emotional needs. Pinkston discusses barriers survivors face, including legal status and criminal records, and cites WHO’s trauma prevalence and global GDP losses from workplace mental health incidents. She reflects on five years in Southeast Asia shaping her theology through hospitality and persecuted Christians, discusses global migration complexities, shares personal coping through therapy and faith, and describes her multicultural family and an adoption marked by complexity and identity challenges.
01:16 Meet Lauren Pinkston
01:58 Freedom Business Alliance
04:39 Barriers to Employment
05:53 Healing Centered Workplaces
08:34 Gen Z and Work
10:36 Gen Alpha Attention Shift
11:40 Southeast Asia Roots
14:14 Theology from the Margins
17:17 Migration and Refugees
20:20 Coping with the Pain
21:39 Doctorate and Calling
22:22 Family and Third Culture Kids
23:56 Adoption Realities
26:50 Orphan Care Complications
28:42 Business as Dignity
32:16 Global Business Hope Story
34:23 Redeeming Money and Work
35:51 Going Upstream Conclusion
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